It was suggested that I do that by someone I work with this morning and it is a viable option which I think I will do if that doesn't work it's been suggested that I get a local glass company to build a full euro brace to fit over the entire lid which is also an option Albiet a very expensive option

Thank you Corpusse I will try to acrylic option next set of days off

I wouldn't put any water in the tank until the above suggestion is done, the braces were there to hold the tank together and a very important part of the structure as to outward water pressure on the glass, and has nothing to do with holding up the lighting.
Once you install the acrylic braces you should be good to go, nice tank BTW. :smile:

Cross bracing installed sorry iPhone pictures

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Nice job. Way better than what I thought it was gonna look.

Thank you

Because my carpentry skills are legendarily horrible I thought it was going to look crappy as well but I was pleasantly surprised tomorrow I give it the water test getting buckets ready for the worst scenario :behindsofa:

Nice repair job, glad to see you used 2 bolts on each end.
You should be good to go now. :thumb:

Oh man, I hope not! Lol I'll be praying to the fish gods for you tonight...:wink: